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G. ROBBINS.

. TABLE. No. 262,983. Patented Aug. 22 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE ROBBINS, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,983, dated August 22, 1882, Application filed April 1, 1882. (to model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE ROBBINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tables, of which the following is a specifica- 'tion..

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in knockdown tables, the object of which is to provide a table with legs which may be removed for convenience of shipping, and which may be readily replaced and secured thereto by the purchaser; and it consists in the devices and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a sectional elevation, showing a leg secured to the table in the proper manner. Fig.2 represents a broken section of the table, bottom side up, also a section of the leg on the line :20 a, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation, representing the top of the table, with the leg partially removed to show the sawkerf in rails and a cross leg. Fig. 4 is a plan of key or strip used to secure leg to rail.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents the top of a table, which may be square, round, or any desired shape, with or without leaves.

B is theleg, the general form of which is unchanged from those now in use, the square head or upper end of which is provided with dovetail grooves (Z d let into two of its sides, said grooves running lengthwise the leg and a distance equal to the width of the rails a a, so that when the leg is slipped out of the rails the dovetail tongue a of the rail a fits comparatively tight and prevents laterahdisplace ment of theleg. The leg, being thus united, is secured in place by a flat strip of metal or wood, 0, whichis inserted in a saw-kerfle, out into the leg transversely, and also into the side of the rails, as shown at e 0, Figs. 3 and'll.

In Fig. 1 is also shown one other method of utilizing the metallic or wooden strip 0, by inserting it in a saw-kerf, 01, cut into the leg transversely and on a line with the lower edge of the rails, the ends of the strip being secured to the edge of each rail by screws 0 c.

I am aware that knockdown tables have been constructed in which the legs were inserted vertically and secured to a rigid cornerbrace. I therefore do not claim such construction broadly, my invention relatingto improved means for securing the legs in position and facilitating their removal.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In aknockdown table, the combination, with the rails a, provided with slots 0 and dovetail tongue a, and the leg B, formed with corresponding dovetail grooves, cl, and the slot d, of the strip 0, adapted to be placed in slots cl d to secure the leg in position, as shown and described.

GEORGE ROBBINS.

Witnesses:

J. W. MCGLELLAN, LEWIs H. Goon. 

